[Limdep Nlogit List] WTp estimation

Fredrik Carlsson fredrik.carlsson at economics.gu.se
Wed Jul 25 04:03:15 AEST 2018


You should most likely take away SD_pric from labels. I assume this was the label for the random price coefficient that is now fixed instead 

Fredrik

Skickat från min iPhone

> 24 juli 2018 kl. 19:56 skrev medard kakuru via Limdep <limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au>:
> 
> Dear Bill,
> Precisely, this is what I am doing.
> 
> WALD; Labels=colb,
>            colw,
>            colc,
>            tast,
>            tex,
>            smel,
>            siz,
>            pric,
>            SD_colb,
>            SD_colw,
>            SD_colc,
>            SD_tast,
>            SD_tex,
>            SD_siz,
>            SD_smel,
>            SD_pric
>            ;start=b
>            ;Var=Varb
>            ;Fn1=-1*(colb/pric)
>            ;Fn2=-1*(colw/pric)
>            ;Fn3=-1*(colc/pric)
>            ;Fn4=-1*(tast/pric)
>            ;Fn5=-1*(tex/pric)
>            ;Fn6=-1*(siz/pric)
>            ;Fn7=-1*(smel/pric)$
> 
> 
> When I double click the B matrix, I see one column with 15 entries in it.
> How am  I supposed to use the entries in the specification above, since I
> have arleady specified b as starting values?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Medard
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 8:42 PM, William Greene via Limdep <
> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
> 
>> Medard.  Look at your output in the output window.  Then, double click B in
>> the
>> project window, and you will see what is contained in B in the right
>> order.  When
>> you use ;Start=B ; Var = Varb you can then use the right ;Labels = list...
>> THEN
>> set up your functions.
>> /.B. Greene
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:34 PM, medard kakuru via Limdep <
>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Bill.
>>> However, I seem not to understand the matching and the submission you are
>>> talking about. Kindly give me a reference in the nlogit manual so that I
>>> read for more understanding.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Medard
>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 19:03 William Greene via Limdep <
>>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes you can.  After estimation, double click on the B matrix and see
>> what
>>>> is in there.
>>>> Match it up against your output.  Then submit B and VARB as the
>>> parameters
>>>> and
>>>> variance for the command.
>>>> /B. Greene
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:52 AM, medard kakuru via Limdep <
>>>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So i can't estimate wtp using the Wald command if one of the
>>> coeffecients
>>>>> is nonrandom. I also get the same error message when I apply the wald
>>>>> command after estimating a gmxl in utility space. Where could I be
>>> going
>>>>> wrong?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>> Medard
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 17:51 William Greene via Limdep <
>>>>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> exactly right.  I agree
>>>>>> Bill Greene
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Fredrik Carlsson <
>>>>>> fredrik.carlsson at economics.gu.se> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You have one less parameter, so reduce the number of parameters
>> in
>>>> the
>>>>>>> labels part of the Wald-command
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Fredrik
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Skickat från min iPhone
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 24 juli 2018 kl. 15:53 skrev medard kakuru via Limdep <
>>>>>>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au>:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks Bill.
>>>>>>>> I am facing another challenge. I use the wald command to
>> estimate
>>>> wtp
>>>>>>> after
>>>>>>>> estimating a mixed logit with all non-attribute coefficients
>>> given
>>>> a
>>>>>>> normal
>>>>>>>> distribution and the syntax works. Since the standard deviation
>>> for
>>>>> one
>>>>>>>> attribute was not significant, I re-specify the model and make
>>> that
>>>>>>>> attribute non-random. Running the wald command after this
>>>>> specification
>>>>>>>> gives me an error message that "wrong number of start values -
>>> need
>>>>> one
>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> each label". What could be the problem?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Medard
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:35 AM, William Greene via Limdep <
>>>>>>>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Medard.  WTP for all variants of the RP logit model is
>> described
>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> Chapter N29.  That would be good for the S-MNL and GMXL.  I'm
>>>>>>>>> not sure what the G-MNL model is.  WTP is generally a ratio of
>>>>>>>>> coefficients, though in RP models, the WTP is computed for
>> each
>>>>>>>>> individual.  P values for LR statistics are generally not
>>>> computed.
>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what the P-value at 5% is.  You can use CALC to
>>> look
>>>>>>>>> up critical values for chi-squared if you wish.  The function
>>>>>>>>> CTB(prob,df) returns the critical value for probability prob
>>> with
>>>>>>>>> degrees of freedom df.
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>> /Bill Greene
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 5:22 AM, medard kakuru via Limdep <
>>>>>>>>> limdep at mailman.sydney.edu.au> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>>>>> Kindly help me with the syntax for wtp in preference space. I
>>> am
>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>>>> S-MNL, G-MNL and the GMXL models and want to compare WTP
>>>> estimates
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> three models. I also want to compare these estimates with
>> those
>>>>>>> obtained
>>>>>>>>>> from wtp-space model estimations. I understand that for a
>>> simple
>>>>> MXL
>>>>>>>>> model,
>>>>>>>>>> the syntax for wtp is just a ratio of attribute and cost
>>>>>> coefficients.
>>>>>>> Is
>>>>>>>>>> it the case with the models I am estimating? I expected to
>> find
>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> syntax
>>>>>>>>>> in the Nlogit manual (section N33) but it's not listed.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Secondly, I have seen the syntax for carrying out a
>>> loglikelihood
>>>>>> ratio
>>>>>>>>>> test and the syntax gives the LR statistic. How do i go
>> further
>>>> to
>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> p-value (say at 5%) for the statistic?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Medard
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>>>>>> Stern School of Business, New York University
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